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  • Damian Lewis has made a second appearance as the guest host on Have I Got News For You, the popular British political satire. Episode 37.2 was originally broadcast on BBC One on May 1, 2009 and a longer version (called Have I Got a Bit More News For You) aired on BBC Two on May 2nd. Viewers located in the UK can watch the program on the BBC site that also features the text of an interview with Damian about the program.

    Click here to download the longer version of the show (thanks to Kaz!) The file is in RAR format so it may necessary to first download software that can open RAR files. Click on the links below for sites that offer appropriate free downloads.
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  • Click above to view ITV3’s video submission for the 2009 Media Guardian Channel of the Year Awards.

    There is a brief glimpse of Damian Lewis as Detective Charlie Crews on Life: Season One at approximately 12 seconds into the clip. A scene from Life begins at approximately 56 seconds.

    The awards will be presented at the Media Guardian International Television Festival in Edinburgh, August 28 – 30, 2009. Guardian readers and members of the public will have an opportunity to vote online in the 5 categories below:

    » Best Terrestrial Channel of the Year
    » Best Non-Terrestrial Channel of the Year
    » Best Terrestrial Programme of the Year
    » Best Non-Terrestrial Programme of the Year
    » The Network and Fast Track Programme Choice Award

    The documentation given with the above ITV3 video submission includes this statement:

    Successful UK premieres of acquisitions such as Life, starring Damian Lewis, and gritty crime drama, Flashpoint, have helped ITV3 reach 30.1 million people (58 percent of the population) so far in 2009.

  • This Guardian article from October 17, 2008 describes the extensive marketing campaign ITV3 launched last year for the UK premiere of Life. Below is a photo of an ITV3 billboard for the series; this picture was taken at East Croydon Station by jazzyjace007 on October 21, 2008. The full-size photo is available in the Warehouse.

  • Click here to visit the ITV3 page for Life. The network will broadcast Life: Season 2 later this year but the season premiere date has not yet been announced.

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  • Thanks to Bashfulbadger for the news that the UK’s ITV network is now running “coming soon to ITV3” promos for Life: Season Two starring Damian Lewis. So far, no date has been given for the season premiere.

  • An unconfirmed report in Film Guide says that actor Tom Cruise has asked Damian Lewis to co-star in his new film, a World War II movie based on The Man Who Never Was, a true story about the work of British Intelligence during the war.

  • Click here and here for reports of Brian Cox’s appearance at the Independent Film Festival of Boston screening of The Escapist with Damian Lewis.

  • The Sundance Channel’s schedule now shows five dates in May for US broadcasts of Keane starring Damian Lewis:

    » Sunday May 3 at 4:15PM
    » Thursday May 7 at 1PM
    » Tuesday May 12 at 1PM
    » Wednesday May 20 at 2:50PM
    » Saturday May 30 at 1PM

  • Damian Lewis is mentioned in this Evening Standard article about the theatrical arts program at Eton.

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  • Thanks to Linda in Michigan for scans of Damian Lewis’s recent “This Much I Know” interview for the Guardian Observer magazine.

  • Click here for an article about Life – Season 2 on M-Net in South Africa.

  • The Daily Mail has an article about Helen McCrory’s role as Narcissa Malfoy in the Harry Potter films.

  • According to TV Guide, Lodge Kerrigan’s brilliant film Keane starring Damian Lewis will broadcast in the US next month on the Sundance channel:

    » Sun, May 3, 4:15 PM
    » Thu, May 7, 1:00 PM


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  • Thank you to Linda from the Major Dick Winters site for uploading scans of the “Deluxe Edition” of the new Easy Co. 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment – In Photographs publication autographed by Damian Lewis.

  • Click here to sign a petition asking NBC executives to renew Life starring Damian Lewis for a 3rd season.

  • Vote to keep Life on the air in Zap2it’s “TV Shows On The Bubble” poll.

  • Jeff Simon of the Buffalo News wrote thisarticle in favor of keeping Life on US television.

  • The BBC’s web site now lists the details of Damian Lewis’s upcoming guest host appearance on Have I Got News For You!. The show will air in the UK on Friday, May 1st at 21:00 on BBC One.

    An extended version of the program titled Have I Got A Bit More News For You will run on May 2nd at 22:30 on BBC Two and will feature additional footage not included in the original broadcast.

  • The Escapist with Damian Lewis will screen in Fort Lauderdale, Florida at the Cinema Paradiso from May 13 through May 17, 2009.
  • The Escapist is now available on Region 2 DVD and Blu-ray in Denmark; click here and here for more information.

  • The Escapist is currently available as a “Video On Demand” feature in the UK and the US.

  • Thanks to GroovMonkey for sharing her Charlie Crews fanart with us.

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  • The musical score for The Escapist (Benjamin Wallfisch, composer) will be released on CD on May 5, 2009 and is now available for pre-order. The soundtrack is currently available for MP3 download.

  • Click here for info about Damian Lewis’s guest host appearance on “Have I Got News For You” on May 1, 2009 on BBC One.

  • Click here for the updated “global release dates” for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince featuring Helen McCrory at Narcissa Malfoy. The film will be released in the US and Canada on July 15, 2009 and in the UK on July 17th.
  • Wikipedia has a summary page for “Elementary, My Dear Stacy” the Phineas and Ferb episode featuring the voice of Damian Lewis as “Agent Double 0 0.” The episode will air in the US on May 15th on the Disney Channel.

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  • Click above to view a great Life music video from Shervin titled “It’s My Life”

  • Nominations have been announced for Britain’s 54th Ivor Novello Awards to “celebrate the outstanding writing achievements of songwriters, composers and their music publishers.” Congratulations to composer Benjamin Wallfisch on his nomination for “Best Original Film Score” for The Escapist. The awards ceremony will take place on Thursday May 21, 2009 at Grosvenor House in London.

  • Click here to purchase tickets for screenings of The Baker starring Damian Lewis at the 42nd Worldfest International Independent Film Festival in Houston. The Baker will screen at 7:00 pm CT and 9:00 pm CT at the AMC Studio 30 Theaters on Dunvale on Saturday, April 25, 2009.

  • Episodes of Life – Season One are currently airing on Austria’s ORF network.

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  • Congratulations to Daniela from Germany; the winner of the large poster of Detective Charlie Crews on Life autographed by Damian Lewis! ➡

    As previously announced, the autographed Life – Season One DVD was won by Kelli from New Jersey.

    Thank you to Damian and Sharon for providing these great prizes and thanks also to the fans all over the world that entered our competitions; we hope that you had fun!

  • Click here to read an early, draft script for “Merit Badge” episode 1.01 of Life starring Damian Lewis (and thanks to Ryanne for the link.)

  • The Life – Season One DVD (region 2) will be released in France on June 2, 2009 and is now available for pre-order.

  • The Baker starring Damian Lewis will screen at the 42nd Annual WorldFest – Houston International Film & Video Festival on Saturday April 25, 2009 at 7:00 PM CT.

  • Click here to read a FilmStalker review of The Escapist written by Richard Brunton.

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  • The Escapist with Damian Lewis is currently available in the UK as a FilmFlex Video On Demand feature. The region 2 DVD is also available for rent or purchase in the UK.

    In the US viewers can see the The Escapist via their “video on demand” providers under IFC In Theaters through June 30th; here is the Comcast On Demand listing.

  • Season 2 of Life starring Damian Lewis is now broadcasting in South Africa on M-Net; a recent edition of The Times in South Africa included this announcement:

    Damian Lewis, a Golden Globe-nominated English actor, who claimed his fame through his portrayal of Major Richard Winters in Band of Brothers, is back on our screens playing detective Charlie Crews in the second installment of Life.


  • The newly released trailer for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince includes a glimpse of Helen McCrory in the role of Narcissa Malfoy. The film’s long-awaited release has been moved up by 2 days and the movie will premiere on July 15, 2009.
  • Click here and here for information about director Martha Fiennes’s guest appearance at the AngloMockBa festival in Moscow that will include a screening of Chromophobia starring Damian Lewis on May 3, 2009.

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  • There’s only one more day to enter to win the large, autographed poster of Damian Lewis as Detective Charlie Crews in Life. The contest ends at 11 pm ET on Friday, April 17th; click here for more information.

  • Click above to watch a review of Life by Kansas City Star television critic Aaron Barnhart. He polled his readers to select shows that “deserved a second look” and Life was the winner by an overwhelming majority!

  • Damian Lewis is scheduled to appear as a guest host on Have I Got News For You on May 1, 2009 at 9 pm on BBC One. This is a new episode and not a repeat of his hilarious November 2006 appearance on this popular British “political quiz show”. Thanks to Kaz you can click here to download and view Damian’s November 2006 appearance on HIGNFY from the Multimedia page.

  • Through August 1, 2009 all 21 episodes of Life: Season 2 will be available for free, online viewing at NBC.com and Hulu.com (US residents only – sorry!)

  • This viewer’s review of The Escapist has this to say about Damian’s performance:

    The menacing Rizza (Damian Lewis)…rules the prison like a violent version of Howdy Doody…Lewis chilled me to the … bone. Rizza isn’t a yeller; he carries this quiet grim evil in him. With the clean, bright-red, close cut part hair, he looks like a clean-cut fella, and you wonder why everyone is supposed to be afraid of him. He quickly quells that, merely with a gesture or a quiet shushing. You realize why men would cut off their own finger without screaming just to avoid his temper.

    Video On Demand viewers can watch The Escapist right now on TV under “IFC In Theaters;” click here for the Comcast On Demand listing.

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  • Congratulations to producer Adrian Sturges! He has been selected to take part in the “Producers On the Move” event at the Cannes International Film Festival in May. ➡

    Adrian is Damian Lewis’s business partner in the Picture Farm production company and he is the producer for both The Escapist and The Baker starring Damian Lewis. Click here and here for more information about the prestigious “Producers On the Move” selection.

  • The Escapist will screen at the USA Film Festival on Friday, May 1 at 7:00 pm at the Angelika Film Center in Dallas. The festival will include a tribute to the film’s star Brian Cox who will be in attendance. Click here for more information about the festival.
  • And click here to read more praise for The Escapist!

  • The Lewis family are back home in the UK! A lucky fan named silvernickel ran into them on Monday at London’s Tate Modern museum of contemporary art:

    I met him! by silvernickel (Wed Apr 15 2009 09:52:07)

    On monday, outside Tate Modern. He was really really friendly and took the time to chat even though he was there with his family! Seems like a really nice guy.

  • Life starring Damian Lewis continues to gather recognition and accolades as we wait to hear if there will be a 3rd television season for this excellent series. Alex Strachan of the Canwest News Service had this to say about the program:

    Life was good. If it should end tonight for good, those who watched from the beginning will know that here was a show that didn’t pander for ratings, that didn’t compromise, that stayed true to itself to the end. Life will be missed.

  • Don’t miss this opportunity! Enter by April 17th to win a large, autographed poster of Damian Lewis; click here for more information.
  • This Daily Mail article about Eton, Britain’s most famous prep school, lists Damian Lewis as one of the school’s many successful graduates. The article also references another notable alumnus, Damian’s close friend, former classmate (and his favorite author!) best-selling spy novelist Charles Cumming. Below is a picture of the two friends; still good buddies after many years! 😀